On the beach in Banda Aceh, Indonesia - picture of the day

A photographic highlight selected by the picture desk. A Muslim family enjoys nice weather on the beach: having buried her father, a young girl looks around for another victim

Indonesia is the world's most populous Muslim nation, but nowhere is the faith more strictly interpreted than in Aceh, sometimes referred to as the 'verandah of Mecca' because it was one of the first parts of the archipelago to turn to Islam. Aceh is Indonesia's only province to have implemented sharia, or Islamic lawsIllustration: Photograph: Damir Sagolj/Reuters